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- From: Bob.Hirschfeld@p2.f74.n114.z1.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: alt.music.filk
- Subject: Re: Tom Lehrer
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
- Message-ID: <n0f0ct@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 20:03:00
- Lines: 55
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- > On October 16, 1992 (I think) you asked:
- > BA> speaking of tom lehrer, does anyone know what happened to him?
- > (I've been a little slow getting to my mail)
-
- > Last I heard, he was still teaching up at the university in Mass. that
- > told
- > him he had to stop singing such outrageous songs in order to get his
- > tenure
- > (at least, that's the story I was told). Do you know any more about
- > that?
-
- > I wish he would publish some new stuff--I like the way he looks at
- > things.
-
-
- Since you "missed it", here's a reprise:
-
- Date: 25 Oct 92 13:00:00
- From: Bob Hirschfeld
- To: Duke Mcmullan N5gax
- Subj: Re: Tom Lehrer
- ____________________________________________________________________________
-
- > I dunno if I want to do it, but the filk is irresistable:
-
- > What ever became of Tom Lehrer?
- > Has anyone heard a thing?
- > . . . .
- > Anyone?
-
- OK, here goes, composed online as I type:
-
- WHATEVER BECAME OF LEHRER (c) 1992 by Bob Hirschfeld
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- Whatever became of Lehrer?
- Has anyone heard a thing?
- Does he teach, does he preach, does he tan on the beach?
- Why is there no new song to sing?
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- What's become of satirical spirit?
- When he writes now, must Santa Cruz clear it?
- How can we his absence endure,
- As a teacher, returned to obscure?
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- Oh, give us fresh songs, Tom, we beg you
- The times merit i-con-o-clasm
- There's hardly any worth repeating,
- Though sometimes the FILK echo has'm.
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- Does Lehrer, at Santa Cruz campus, U.C.
- Stay at home, no more brave, in the land of the free?
- Are the barbs of your satire now through?
- Tom Lehrer, what happened to you?
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